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| Holly Woodlawn, 1970s transgender star and Andy Warhol muse, dies at 69 in Los Angeles |
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In this May 17, 2002 file photo, US actress Holly Woodlawn poses for photographers on a terrace of the Palais des festivals during a photocall before the screening out of competition of US director Paul Morissey's films during the 55th Cannes film festival. Holly Woodlawn, a transgender actress of the 1970s who was Andy Warhol's muse and inspired Lou Reed's "Walk on the Wild side", died on December 6, 2015 in Los Angeles following a battle with cancer. US media said Woodland, 69, who recently appeared in two episodes of Transparent, a transgender comedy, for years had suffered from alcohol and substance abuse. AFP PHOTO OLIVIER LABAN-MATTEI.
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LOS ANGELES (AFP).- Holly Woodlawn, a transgender actress of the 1970s who was Andy Warhol's muse and inspired Lou Reed's "Walk on the Wild Side," died on Sunday in Los Angeles following a battle with cancer. She was 69.
US media said Woodland, who recently appeared in two episodes of Amazon's dark transgender comedy "Transparent," had suffered from alcohol and substance abuse for years.
Born Haroldo Danhakl in Puerto Rico, she changed her name to Holly Woodlawn after meeting Warhol and appeared in two of the artist's films -- "Trash" and "Women in Revolt."
Joe Dallesandro, who starred alongside Woodlawn in "Trash," said he was with her when she died.
"At 3:06 pm LA time, she passed away," he tweeted Sunday.
"I know Holly knew I was with her today because she always loved the fragrance I wear Chanel Antaeus."
Woodlawn will be remembered for inspiring the lyrics to Reed's 1972 track "Walk on the Wild Side," written after she left her home in Miami at age 16 and hitchhiked to New York.
"Holly came from Miami, F.L.A.; hitchhiked her way across the USA; plucked her eyebrows on the way; shaved her legs and then he was a she. She says, 'Hey babe, take a walk on the wild side'," the song goes.
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